Furniture-support



(No Model.)

' G. M. PLUM.

FURNITURE SUPPORT.

Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

M A G 2 I ill UNITED 'IATES CHARLES PLUM, or SAN FRANCISCO. ammon um],

FURNITURE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION formin part of Letters Patent No.350,390, dated obtone'r5 1aec;

Application filed June 2, 1896. Serial No. 103,965. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. PLUM, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Furniture-Supports; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a device which is es pecially useful for the support of certain articles of furniture when not set up for actual use, such as the head and foot boards of bed stead s.

It consists of a narrow board or plate having latches or hooks upon each edge, so that it may be introduced between the head and foot board, the latches entering the openings which are ordinarily employed for holding the side rails ,in place when the bedstead is set up, and in connection with this I employ a support with casters, upon which'the head and foot board may rest, standing close together, but just out of contact.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of myjnvention, Figure 1 is a view of my supporting device. Fig. 2 shows the device in connection with a stand upon casters. Fig. 3 shows its application to a head and foot board of a bedstead.

In the manufacture of furniture, while pollshing and finishing it is necessary to move the parts about a greatdeal, and with bulky articles, likethe head and foot board of a bedstead, they are diiiicult to handle, and are very aptto become injured by carelessness. When such furniture is set up in the wareroom on exhibit.ion,it is either necessary to set up the bedstead with the side rails in place-in which case the set of furniture occupies much unnecessary room-or else the head and foot ,board lean against the wall, one leaning against the other,in which case they are very apt to become scratched or marred, and it is almost impossible to move them without injury. I My invention is designed to overcome these difficulties and provide a cheap and convenient support for these parts, so that they may be easily moved or transported from place to place'without danger of injury and without occupying a great deal of space.-

A is a strip of wood of suflicien't width, so

. that when introduced between the outer ends.

of the head and foot bani-aabassaselli ATENT Ounce.

just retain them out of contactnvithieach other. t

head and footboard, whiehare usually mag;

to receiveithe hooks on theyendssof thesi rails of the bed when the whole is set up.

0 and D represent the head and foot board of a bed, between which the piece-or pieces A are fitted, and it will be seen that when this piece is in place the head and foot board will stand vertically parallel with each other and close together, being just out of contact, and having asufficient base to support them firmly in position.

One of the fixtures A will be sufficient to holdthe head and foot board in place; butitis betterto have one at each end. In order to-niake it possible to easily move the pieces thus set up, I employ a standard, E, which is supported upon a base, F, of sufficient length to allow the ends of the head and foot boards 0 and D to rest upon it.

G is a loop or staple, which is fixed to the plate A, and fitted to slide down over the standard E, thus allowing it to adjust itself so that the ends ofthe head and foot board- During the manufacture offurniture the head and foot board may be set up and held by this plate A, either with or without the supporting caster-base F, and the workmen can then finish all parts without any -.difiiculty, asthey may stand in therniddle of the room, so that access can be had to all sides. When they are to be transported in cars or other vehicles, they may be set up in the same. manner, and agreat number may thus be put into a carriage without any danger of contact,which would injure fine carving or finish, and a greater number may be safely transported in this way than in any other. When-set up in the wareroom, the samedevice serves to hold the head and foot board in its properplace, andthey can be moved ICO out, sogisto be examined, without danger of injury, and a very much larger nuniber of pieces canbe set up in a given space than by any other method.

Having thus described inyinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V 1. A device for supporting the head and foot board of a bedstead in verticalposition when IO not in practical use, comprising the independent plates A, having the fixed hooks B, said plate being only of a width sufiicient to retain the head and foot boards out of contact with g each other, substantially as herein described.

2. The inrniturc-support composed of the.

plate A, with the hooks ,B, the socket G, in combination with thevertical standard, over which the socket slides, and the supporting: basemounted upon casters, substantially as :0. herein described.

3. A device for supporting the head and foot board of a bedstead in vertical position when notin practical use, consisting of a base mount- I ed upon casters or wheels, having astandard projecting upwardly therefrom,in combination CHARLES M. PLUM.

\Vitnesses.

S. H. NOURSE, H. 0. LEE. 

